Author: [Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Frith, William Powell [1819 - 1909]. Barlow, T. Oldham [1824 - 1889] - Engraver
Title: ENGRAVING Of CHARLES DICKENS
Description: [London]: Thomas McLean, Haymarket, 1872. Housed in a period wooden frame. Engraving: 20" x 15". Frame: 33" x 27". Nr Fine condition, in a contemporary frame showing little wear. Firth a long-time friend of Dickens, who Dickens commissioned in 1842 to paint a portrait of Kate Nickleby. This portrait of Dickens Frith completed in 1859, shows the author at his desk in Tavistock House at work on A Tale of Two Cities. Here the image engraved by T. Oldham Barlow, and published by Thomas McLean in Haymarket. A handsome piece destined to grace a fireplace mantle.

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